Emergency services staff arrested for rape

Two Tshwane emergency services staff have been arrested for raping a sex worker.

The sex worker reportedly claimed she was hitchhiking to Mamelodi when the emergency workers offered her a lift in a municipal rapid response BMW, The Pretoria News reported today.

According to the newspaper, they demanded sex along the way and threatened to kill her. They took turns raping her, then sped off, leaving her in the veld.

The Pretoria News reported that security guards near the scene alerted the police, and rape charges were laid at Silverton Police Station on Sunday.

Emergency services spokesperson Johan Pieterse told the newspaper the men had been suspended, and that an internal probe was under way.

It was reported that the two men, aged 33 and 34, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court yesterday when the matter was struck off the roll pending further investigation.

Join the conversation!

24.com encourages commentary submitted via MyNews24. Contributions of 200 words or more will be considered for publication.

We reserve editorial discretion to decide what will be published. Read our comments policy for guidelines on contributions.

24.com publishes all comments posted on articles provided that they adhere to our Comments Policy. Should you wish to report a comment for editorial review, please do so by clicking the 'Report Comment' button to the right of each comment.

Tell us a bit about yourself:

Saving your profile

Settings

News24 allows you to edit the display of certain components based on a location.
If you wish to personalise the page based on your preferences, please select a
location for each component and click "Submit" in order for the changes to
take affect.

Your Location*

Weather*

Always remember my setting

Saving your settings

Facebook Sign-In

Hi News addict,

Join the News24 Community to be involved in breaking the news.

Log in with Facebook to comment and personalise news, weather and listings.